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• Where Do Good Ideas Come From? Part 2

  

  I had the opportunity to share some of the ideas captured in my earlier blog post with Stephen Wise, the founder of Bright Young Minds , a crowdsourcing and... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Where Do Good Ideas Come From? Part 1

  

  As someone who was on the WPP Fellowship programme, which emphasises the importance of ambidextrous brains, I have been following with interest the recent... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Buying Blind

  

  I am close to coming to the end of my Enormous Kitchen Project (sadly, the kitchen is not enormous – I use this adjective to capture the fact that getting the... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Good at Driving? Prove It. Benefit!

  

  This title refers to the fact that you can now let insurance companies install a simple device in your car which collects information about your driving and... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Product Transparency – Showing up in the Wrong Places

  

  Showing you have made an effort to disclose where you source or manufacture is in vogue in the moment. Over the past couple of months, I have collected a... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Living the Dream…walking the Talk…what You See is What You Get

  

  The above phrases came to mind after I had read two pieces of material in close succession. Though they are very different bits of writing – one is a... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Half the Sky

  

  The Futures Company, where I worked for almost a decade, releases extended articles on a regular basis. I had the good fortune to be involved in the early... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Golden Hoard

  

  Last year, I wrote about how we still appear to be very enamoured with stuff, despite the fact that a lot of our possessions, media in particular, could be... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Harris and Hoole

  Two old Etonian friends of David Cameron? Or perhaps a new Cbeebies series? No, it’s the name of a coffee shop that has recently opened in my neck of the woods. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Objects of Desire

  

  Can’t wait for the new iPhone 5. I’ve had this mint condition, perfectly good, antique iPhone 4 for over a year now. Embarrassing. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Futurescaping

  Last month, I went to my first ever book launch of a good friend and ex-work colleague. This was very exciting in itself, but made even more so by the fact I wa... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Big Means Bad Or Big Impact?

  This post is a follow-up to my previous piece comparing innocent drinks and method. As part of my research on corporate behaviour, I found – to put it crudely... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Compare and Contrast: Innocent Vs Method

  I have been doing some work looking at big businesses and thinking about which don’t really fit the corporate mould. It didn’t take long for innocent drinks... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Which One is the Real Me?

  Thanks to my work, I spend inordinate amounts of time online, googling many different search terms. I have just checked what comes up on my web history and it... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Being Too Good Just Isn’t Sporting

  I have recently been involved in a report looking at the future of golf – and must confess to having found it all far more engrossing than I expected. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Project Rebrief – Or Rehearsing the Past

  I’ve just had an entertaining half hour watching through the four films that are part of a recent initiative from Google: it’s Project Re: brief. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Balancing Pleasure and Payment

  Having assiduously saved up Tesco Club Card vouchers over the course of more than a year, I have managed to get Legoland annual passes for all the family. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Modern Malaise – Glass Half Full Or Empty?

  I trained as a life coach five years or so ago and remain interested in seeing what write-up coaching gets in the media.  Before the bust, it was all glossy... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION